System/Policy
NLRB to resolve contested union election at Baltimore’s WYPR-FM
A dispute over unionization at Baltimore’s WYPR will be resolved by the National Labor Relations Board. WYPR staff voted July 30 on whether ...WFYI expands to Terre Haute with rebroadcast deal
Indianapolis-based WFYI Public Media will expand to the Terre Haute, Ind., market next month through a rebroadcast deal with Indiana State University. Terre ...Conn. network strikes deal with LocusPoint on proceeds from spectrum auction
The Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network plans to relinquish the spectrum assigned to WEDW-TV in Bridgeport, one of four stations in its statewide ...Alaska’s KUAC, APRN reach agreement to help station with budget shortfall
Joint licensee KUAC in Fairbanks, Alaska, and Alaska Public Radio Network have agreed on a three-month extension that will allow the station ...KEET steps up membership efforts to hold on to federal funding
KEET-TV, one of the smallest PBS member stations, has grown its membership by 40 percent and raised more than $600,000 over the past ...Crane, Savage elected as new NPR board members
The month-long election for NPR’s Board of Directors closed Monday, with two incumbents and two new faces joining the board. NPR announced Tuesday ...How stations can stay relevant as listeners go elsewhere for NPR content
The public radio economy is built on $432 million in annual listener contributions to local public radio stations. Each year nearly 3 ...Applying for a station job? Do your homework
Back in the day when young writers were pitching magazines to publish their work, there used to be a common complaint by ...In Illinois, WTVP takes over TV broadcast operations for WQPT
The broadcast signal for WQPT-TV in Moline, Ill., is now originating from WTVP-TV in Peoria, about 90 miles to the southeast. WQPT previously outsourced ...Buffalo’s WNED changes management responsibilities, prompting layoff
WNED in Buffalo, N.Y., is tweaking its management of programming, resulting in one layoff. Gabe DiMaio, who programmed classical WNED-FM, confirmed to Current Thursday ...Eight station candidates seek election to NPR Board
The election to fill four member-director positions on NPR’s board is underway, with nine candidates vying for the seats. Voting for the seats ...Former intern sues NPR, alleging employment discrimination
A deaf college student has filed a lawsuit against NPR for employment discrimination, claiming that the network misrepresented the terms of the ...In spectrum auction, FCC should protect public TV’s coverage
The FCC recently released the entire text of its Report and Order detailing rules for the upcoming broadcast spectrum auctions, making it ...As newsrooms expand, employees at several stations push to unionize
Public media employees have increasingly sought to organize unions during the past two years, spurred by expanding newsrooms, shifting management priorities and ...Incentive auction threatens over-the-air public TV service, says CPB report
Though the FCC’s incentive auction next year might give a short-term financial boost to a handful of public TV stations, it could ...
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